Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-06-30
Loyal Britons Testify Their Devotion to
Their Queen in the Most En-
thusiastic Manner.

thusiastic Manner.
LoNDoS, June 21.-The first day OF the
ffty-first year of the reign of Queen VIC
o toria over Great Britain opened with per-
feet summer weather in London. A
lovelier day could not have been desired
for the celebration OF Her MAJ esty's jubi-
lee.. The sun shone bright, the air was
clear and not very warm, and gentle
breeze blew steadily. The crowds scat
tered over the city unprecedented in
numbers and SIZE Thousands OF
people who yesterday selected loca-
tons along the route of to-day's
procession, in order TO retain them occu-
pied them all night, and many used camp
stools or mprovised rests to enable them
to withstand the long and tiresome occu-
patton. A steady stream of carriages
and pedestrians poured constantly all
night unt til dawn through the city from
all directions towards West End. At tve
O'Clock this morning every point of want
age along the streets composing the royal
procession route was secured. AT nine
o'clock the line OF route was on each side
a compact mass of people. Everybody,
despite the discomfort of the crowding,
manifested the utmost good humor.
The scene at Westminster Abbey was
most brilliant. Every seat was filled
and every pers on present was distin-
guished person. When the Identities
were enumerated it seemed as if every
locality the world over had sent one or
more of it's repres ntative personages to
do honor to England's Queen on Britain's
greatest holiday. There never, pro badly,
in modern times, assembled under one
roof an audience so well and so brilliant
ly arrayed. Every man present entitled
to wear a uniform or decoration had both
on, new or FURNISHED up. When
his audience was all seated
the scene presented was incom parable.
When the sun shone brightly through the
noble sta ined windows of the Abbey its
rays fell upon an unaccustomed SIGHT and
the picture was indescri bable. This
dience, banked up as it was in church,
was anything but somber For awhile
when all were seated there was quiet, but
this was only temporary and lasted only
Bong enough to enable the people to locate
zone another. Then there was the life of
recognition and of gossip, and it gradu-
ated rapidly into noisy hum.
This was startling to a person who
suddenly, considering the place
AND who were buried there but the
stranger was soon fascinated and himself
added to what had struck him as desecra-
tion Busy and interested as were the
people making the irreverent Congrega-
ton, some personages entered the ABBEY
ton and recognition. When the Marquis
of Sails blu y, the Queens Prime Minister,
entered and proceeded to the place set
apart for him, he was cheered. When
Mr. Gladstone was observed quietly
sedging his way to his seat he was also
4cheered.
Such was the eagerness Of those who
had assured places in the audience at
Westminster to be on hand that scores of
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unnecessarily early hours and, as many
of them admitted, without having par
taken of any breakfast. 1t was strange
sight to see hlsks and sandwiches ex-
changed in such crowd and eagerly used
by nunfberless arlstocrats, unable lon ger
ITO withstand hunger and thirst. This
business, when added to the hum, at
times seemed irreverent, even on jubilee
Day, in w es minister.
The line of the procession from Buck
iingham Palace to Westminster Abbey
was as follows: From the palace portals
along Constitution Hill. p &C ldilly, Re-
gent street. Waterloo place. Pail Mall,
East Cockspur street, Norrhum berland
avenue, Thames embankment, Bird ge
street to the Abbey. The line of route
was kept by nearly ten Thousand troops,
representing all br anches of the service,
and in addition six hundred boys from
naval training ships were drawn up at
the base of Nelson monument. In addi-
ton to the military, many thousands of
police, both mounted and on foot, were on
duty under the command of Sir Charles
Warren. Tho military force was under
the command of General Gipps and
Colonel Stirling of the Coldstream
Guards
The particular feature at Buckingham
Palace was that the two services were
equally honored, the guards lining one
side of the roadway at Bucki CHAM Pal
ace gates, and on the other side the Blue
Jackets were posted. The same services
were also represented in like manner at
the entrance to Westminster Abbey.
The first of the royal procession was
c. imposed of the Indian princes and few
minor German princes.
Principally at 1t:15 a. IN. the Queen, in
an open carriage, emerged from the
palace gates. At sight of her thousands
gof voices were lifted up in cheers, the APP
plause being accompanied by the music OF
many military bands stationed in front OF
the palace. The Q Ieen did not wear her
state robes, but was dressed in black.
Hon carriage was drawn by eight ponies.
The Prince of Wales, the Duke of Edin.
burg, the Prince of ConnSught, her sons,
the Crown Prince Imperial of Germany,
the Marquis of Lorne; Prince
Christian of Schleswig- Holstein
sons-in-law, and Princes Albert-Victor
and George of Wales, Prince Albert OF
Edin burgh and Prince William of Prus-
ssia, her grandsons, all rode in FULL uni
form beside the Queens coach as body
guard.
When the people at the palace gates had
shouted themselves hoarse cheering fol-
the Queen, they continued to cry Out
tsLong life to the Prince and Princess Of
Wales"
The Queen, as she left the palace,
Seemed to be in excellent spirits and
smiled and bowed graciously to the PEG